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[Emms-patches] [COMMIT] emms.texinfo: New advocacy section in the manual
From: |
Yoni Rabkin |
Subject: |
[Emms-patches] [COMMIT] emms.texinfo: New advocacy section in the manual titled "Formats and Freedom". |
Date: |
Fri, 1 Aug 2008 17:29:21 +0300 |
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doc/emms.texinfo | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/emms.texinfo b/doc/emms.texinfo
index fed2880..ec8cd1a 100644
--- a/doc/emms.texinfo
+++ b/doc/emms.texinfo
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ Starting out
* Configuration:: More detailed setup and configuration.
* Quickstart Guide:: First steps with EMMS for new users.
* Getting Help:: Where to get help with Emms and make suggestions.
+* Formats and Freedom:: File formats without restrictions.
Emms basics
* Basic Commands:: How to control Emms with ease.
@@ -423,6 +424,33 @@ which mirrors this mailing address at
gmane.emacs.emms.user.
Emms also has a website at @url{http://www.gnu.org/software/emms/}.
address@hidden Formats and Freedom
address@hidden Formats and Freedom
+
address@hidden freedom
address@hidden format
+
+Emms is free software, but some of the file formats it can play carry
+restrictions, they are proprietary file formats. Proprietary software
+companies are pushing out audio and video formats which restrict when,
+where and how you can play them, and restrict developers from writing
+free software which interacts with them.
+
+Restrictive file formats put the corporate bottom-line before the
+public interest.
+
+Fortunately there are alternatives like Ogg. Ogg is a professional
+grade multimedia format. Ogg Vorbis is the compressed audio format
+(like MP3), and Ogg Theora is the video format. For more information,
+go to @url{http://www.xiph.org/}.
+
+If you want to transcode audio into a lossless format, you can try
+FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec). FLAC stands out as the fastest and
+most widely supported lossless audio codec, and the only one that at
+once is non-proprietary, is unencumbered by patents and has the source
+code for a reference implementation freely available. For more
+information about FLAC, go to @url{http://flac.sourceforge.net/}.
+
@node Basic Commands
@chapter Basic Commands
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